Dave’s Gone By #1029 (4/25/2026): BENSON BURNER

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Here is episode #1029, “Benson Burner,” of the Dave’s Gone By podcast, which aired live facebook, Saturday morning, April 25, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews director Lynnea Benson; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (College View); StoryTime (The Pet Potato).

Guests: director Lynnea Benson; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Spotify, yard sales
00:28:30 DAVE GOES AWAY: Washington DC
01:14:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:40:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews director Lynnea Benson
02:22:30 STORYTIME: Josh Lacey’s “The Pet Potato”
02:39:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: hope against hope
02:42:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:52:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: College View, CO
02:56:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Lynnea Benson
Rabbi Sol Solomon
College View, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1028 (4/11/2026): ASH SATURDAY

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Here is episode #1028, “Ash Saturday,” of the Dave’s Gone By podcast, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, April 11, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright S. Asher Gelman; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (College Hills); StoryTime (Potato Pants); Dave’s song “Don’t Bugger Me.”

Guests: playwright and director S. Asher Gelman; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: naughty producers, Art Paul’s paintings, Passover onions
00:49:30 DAVE SAYS BYE: Terry Schreiber, David Gersten
00:59:30 GREELEY TIMES
01:33:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews S. Asher Gelman
02:14:00 STORYTIME: Potato Pants (by Laurie Keller)
02:42:00 MY OLD PHLEGM: Aladdin’s lamp
02:48:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:59:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: College Hills, CO
03:02:30 DAVE GOES OUT

April 11, 2026 Playlist: “Don’t Bugger Me” (02:38:30; Dave)

S. Asher Gelman
S. Asher Gelman & Rabbi Sol Solomon
Art Paul Schlosser, Painting for Day 348: “When You’re Feeling Blue”
College Hills, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1027 (4/4/2026): GARR MITZVAH

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Here is episode #1027, “Garr Mitzvah,” of the Dave’s Gone By podcast, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, April 11, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews producer Steve Garrin, reads “Jacob and Bunny” for StoryTime, and offers a Rabbinical Reflection on the Seder Plate; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Collbran); Dave’s new song “Big Boobs: The Bryon Noem Song.”

Guests: producer Steve Garrin; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Passover/Easter, yard sale, matzah
00:57:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:22:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Steve Garrin
02:20:30 STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon reads Leslie Sandler’s “Jacob and Bunny: The Magic Easter Bunny Comes to Passover Seder”
02:51:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:00:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #206 (Passover Today)
03:09:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Collbran, CO)
03:12:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Steve Garrin
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Collbran, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1026 (3/28/2026): BAHR MITZVAH

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Here is episode #1026 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, March 28, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Iris Bahr and offers an April Fools Rabbinical Reflection; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Colfax); StoryTime (The Story of Baby Moses).

Guests: writer/performer Iris Bahr; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: balloons, Art Paul’s art, big burps, Hillel Slovak, Trump and Japan, Bin Laden blocked, JBS strike
01:13:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:50:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Iris Bahr
02:22:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: The Story of Baby Moses (by Alice Joyce Davidson)
02:43:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:52:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #206: April Fooling
03:01:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Colfax
03:03:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Iris Bahr
Iris Bahr & Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #1025 (3/21/2026): REHOBO’S LULLABY

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Here is episode #1025 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, March 21, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Andrew Lloyd Baughman; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cole); StoryTime (A Purr-fect Passover); Dave Goes Away (Rehoboth Beach).

Guests: writer/performer Andrew Lloyd Baughman; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: meat strike, news radio
00:30:00 DAVE GOES AWAY: Rehoboth Beach, DE
01:28:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: Indian restaurant, groundhog, Ikea
01:47:00 GREELEY TIMES
02:11:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Andrew Lloyd Baughman
02:55:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: A Purr-fect Passover (by Jenna Waldman)
03:17:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:27:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Cole, CO)
03:32:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Andrew Baughman
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Cole, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1024 (3/14/2026): HALL PASS

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Here is episode #1024 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, March 14, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews scientist Brantley Hall and offers a Rabbinical Reflection on Begorrah; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cokedale); StoryTime; Dave’s Big Dictionary (rash); My Old Phlegm.

Guests: scientist Brantley Hall; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:10:30 MY OLD PHLEGM
00:15:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce: newspaper, Art Paul’s painting, tornado warning, Ernie Anastos
01:03:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:33:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Brantley Hall
02:07:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: rash
02:22:30 STORYTIME: “The Luck of the Irish” (Margaret McNamara)
02:37:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #204: Begorrah!
02:46:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:57:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Cokedale, CO
03:00:30 DAVE GOES OUT

March 14, 2026 Playlist: “Drink Till I’m Drunk” (02:33:30; Dave Lefkowitz); “The Irish Ballad” (03:07:30; Tom Lehrer)

Brantley Hall
Rabbi Sol Solomon
a rash (not mine)
Cokedale
your host, immortalized

Dave’s Gone By #1023 (3/14/2026): JUST BE KOZ

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Here is episode #1023 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, March 7, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews dancer Valentina Kozlova; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Codo); StoryTime (“Fanny’s Big Idea”); Dave’s Big Dictionary (libertine); Bunion Watch.

Guests: dancer Valentina Kozlova; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN: weather, Iran
00:29:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: libertine
00:40:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:10:00 BUNION WATCH
01:15:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Valentina Kozlova
01:55:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Fanny’s Big Idea” (by Bernard Michelson)
02:19:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Codo, CO
02:26:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:33:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #203: I’ve Got Mail!
02:40:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Valentina Kozlova
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Iran
Huerfano County/Codo, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1020 (2/14/2026): V-DAY

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Here is episode #1020 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Feb. 14, 2026.

Featuring: Greeley Times; Bunion Watch; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Clayton); Song: “The Worst Song Ever Written”; Dave’s Big Dictionary (Canoodle); StoryTime (“Ann’s Big Muffin”); Wretched Pun of Destiny (English King).

Guest: spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Olympic curling, Yule Log, capybaras, Judit Polgar
01:09:30 BUNION WATCH
01:12:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: salad, jury duty
01:33:30 GREELEY TIMES
02:00:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: canoodle
02:15:00 Cornhole Break!
02:22:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #201: Noam Chomsky
02:35:00 STORYTIME: Leslie McGuire’s “Ann’s Big Muffin”
02:45:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:59:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #95: English King
03:03:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Clayton, CO
03:06:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 14, 2026 Playlist: “The Worst Song Ever Written” (02:29:30; Dave)


Rabbi Sol Solomon
Noam Chomsky
Clayton, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1019 (2/7/2026): ZECH’S APPEAL

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Here is episode #1019 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Feb. 7, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Deborah Zecher and sings “Hey Jews”; Greeley Times; Bunion Watch; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Clarke Farms); Dave’s Big Dictionary (imbue); StoryTime (“Funny Faces”); Dave Says Bye (Harry Haun).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: winter
00:17:00 BUNION WATCH
00:19:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: new toys, bad drawing, Super Bowl
00:58:30 GREELEY TIMES
01:28:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Rabbi Deborah Zecher
02:15:30 STORYTIME: “Funny Faces”
02:27:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: imbue
02:37:30 DAVE SAYS BYE: Harry Haun
02:59:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:07:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Clarke Farms, CO
03:10:00 DAVE GOES OUT: Toelio

Feb. 7, 2026 Playlist: “Hey Jews” (02:50:30; Rabbi Sol Solomon)

Deborah Zecher
Rabbi Sol Solomon
This.
Harry Haun
Your host.

Dave’s Gone By #1018 (1/31/2026): CRITICS’ CHOICE

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Here is episode #1018 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Jan. 31, 2026.

Featuring: Dave interviews Florida arts critics Jay Handelman and Carrie Seidman; StoryTime w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon (“Rudy Garcia-Tolson Biography”); Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Churchill Downs); Dave’s Big Dictionary (short shrift); Dave Says Bye (Woodie King Jr.).

Guests: Florida theater and dance critics Jay Handelman and Carrie Seidman; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Wither Cop Log?, passings (Demond Wilson, Catherine O’Hara)
00:17:30 DAVE SAYS BYE: Woodie King Jr.
00:36:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: snow days, inventions
01:09:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:27:00 GUESTS: Jay Handelman and Carrie Seidman
02:13:30 STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon reads Ann Weil’s “Rudy Garcia-Tolson”
02:28:00 Belated Birthday!
02:41:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: short shrift
02:50:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:59:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Churchill Downs, CO
03:01:00 DAVE GOES OUT

L-R: Carrie Seidman, Jay Handelman
your host
Churchill Downs, CO